Strick, Peter L.
Co-Director, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurobiology
University of Pittsburgh
4074 Biomedical Science Tower 3
3501 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3301
Tel: 412-383-9961
Fax: 412-383-9061
Email: strickp@pitt.edu

Dr. Strick’s research focuses on three major issues:

1) Control of Voluntary Movement by the Cerebral Cortex

2) Motor and Cognitive Functions of the Basal Ganglia and Cerebellum, and

3) Unraveling the Circuitry of the Central Nervous System.

Hoover, J.E. and Strick, P.L.: Multiple output channels in the basal ganglia. Science 259: 819-821, 1993.

Kim, S-G., Ugurbil, K. and Strick, P.L.: Activation of acerebellar output nucleus during cognitive processing. Science 265: 949-951, 1994.

Middleton, F.A. and Strick, P.L.: Anatomical evidence for cerebellar and basal ganglia involvement in higher cognitive function. Science 266: 458-461, 1994.

Picard, N. and Strick, P.L.: Motor areas of the medial wall: A review of their location and functional activation. Cerebral Cortex 6: 342-353, 1996.

Middleton, F.A. and Strick, P.L.: Cerebellar output: Motor and cognitive channels. Trends in Cognit. Sci. 2: 348-354, 1998

Kakei, S., Hoffman, D.S. and Strick, P.L.: Muscle and movement representation in the primary motor cortex. Science 285: 2136-2139, 1999.

Kakei S, Hoffman DS, Strick PL.: Direction of action is represented in the ventral premotor cortex. Nat. Neurosci. 4: 1020-1025, 2001.

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